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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Jamie Grierson

Woman’s death during Brazilian butt lift surgery prompts UK-Turkey meeting

Melissa Kerry holding a cat
An inquest found Melissa Kerr, pictured, was given only ‘limited information regarding the risks and mortality rate’ associated with the operation. Photograph: Melissa Kerr

UK officials are to meet with counterparts in Turkey after the death of a British woman during so-called Brazilian butt lift surgery at a private hospital in Istanbul.

Melissa Kerr, 31, from Gorleston in Norfolk, travelled to the private Medicana Haznedar hospital for the buttock enlargement surgery in 2019.

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